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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 17, 2008, 3:19 PM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 17, 2008, 3:19 PM EDT (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2008, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 83 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 860 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 787 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMLB 171919 TORMLB FLC127-171945- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0027.080917T1919Z-080917T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 319 PM EDT WED SEP 17 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... * UNTIL 345 PM EDT * AT 316 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE ASHBY...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE HELEN... MOVING SOUTH AT 8 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LAKE ASHBY BY 345 PM EDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET. KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE IF THE TORNADO IS NEARBY. LAT...LON 2894 8103 2890 8118 2905 8121 2909 8114 TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 343DEG 7KT 2904 8116 $$ WEITLICH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KMLB 171943 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 343 PM EDT WED SEP 17 2008 FLC127-171951- /O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-080917T1945Z/ VOLUSIA FL- 341 PM EDT WED SEP 17 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE STORM AND TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE. LAT...LON 2894 8103 2890 8118 2905 8121 2909 8114 TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 343DEG 7KT 2900 8115 $$ WEITLICH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola | 15 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.